Week of 16th-22nd...I'm posting sooner than a month! :-)

This week has been very busy. Between having two drywall companies out to give us bids on doing the drywall and Larry driving to Portland to pick up the geothermal unit, the low voltage wiring was completed. :-)  That included the door bell, speaker wire and the CAT 6 for phone, tv and computer.

The duct work was also completed. I didn't take any pictures of the underfloor duct work but here are some of the attic space.

We also made a couple changes to the electrical that the inspector required. One was we needed to move the two plugs on each side of the kitchen sink closer to the sink. Kind of strange that there is a maximum  distance a plug can be from a sink.

The garden is doing great.  Aunt Sally pulled the pea plants and picked the peas off the plants.  I then shucked them. They were a little tough cause we waited a couple days too long to pick them so I'm going to dry them and see how they are in soups this winter.  We harvested 4 large heads of broccoli last week. I mean large! They were at least 12 to 15 inches wide!  We have two more that will be ready to harvest in the next couple days.  The strawberries have been ripening but the birds are getting to them before Larry does.  We need to get some netting for cover.  He was able to eat one tonight and the one below will be ready in the next day or so. Hopefully he will get to enjoy it. :-)  The peppers and tomatoes are doing well and I have a few yellow zucchini that should be ready tomorrow.  We have been having lots of salads and the onions are yummy. Aunt Sally saved some seeds from a squash and she planted them outside the garden fence. Their doing great. She put a few more in 4" pots and then after they got to big for them she put those plants in the garden area.  There is a tiny round thing growing from the one of the plants. It's really cute. 

The Japanese Lantern tree in front is blooming with bright yellow tiny flowers. It's gorgeous but we can hear the bees buzzing. It's a little nerving but I'm getting used to it.

The fruit trees have some fruit on them. The plum has just a few plums and the apple tree has more than I expected. They both need pruning badly, we will probably prune them clear back to the trunk next spring and see if they come back healthier.  I put the Fuji tree in the garden fenced area and it's doing great. We hope to get peaches, pears and maybe another apple tree for the orchard area.

As I was typing this post Larry called me to come outside with my camera. Low and behold there was an Elk in our pasture. :-) It's the first time we've seen Elk on the property.

Thanks for stopping by to see what we are up to. :-)